2×4 to Happy Birthday Board{{tutorial}}

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Idea for 2×4

Happy Birthday Board

I love when my kids have birthdays. They start their count down at least 6 months in advance! I love celebrating them. Celebrating them for who they are! I usually give my kids ‘friends’ birthday parties every three years and then the other years they get to have family parties. We don’t live close to our family so it’s really just My husband, me and the kids. We start focusing on the birthday child by giving them gifts…not gifts of stuff…gifts of talents. In the past we have wrapped up the sharable talent and given it to the child, but this year I thought it would be fun to display this and they can pick one talent a day starting the week before their birthday. The talents range from my husband giving a foot rub, to a sister doing a chore for the birthday child, or getting to pick their favorite dinner from mom’s cooking{{I’m glad they are fans of cheese sandwiches and tomato soup…I’m a pro!}}. We’ll even give the talent of learning how to bowl {even if it is on the wii }, or the talent of eating ice cream. This all leads to the birth’day’ where presents and cake are a must! I started this birthday board thinking it would be cute for my little boy, but then I saw cute girl paper so…I did both. On one side is the ‘boy’ side and the other is the ‘girl’ side. One board…2 ways to use it:) It was simple and cheap to make!

1. The 2×4 is 24 inches long. Imod podgedpaper on the sides and sanded.

The boy side!The girl side!

2. Then I drilled holes into the board to hold the wires. Use the drill bit that is the same size as the item going into the hole. I know that is probably a dumb tip because you are smart enough to figure that out but, I learned the hard way and my wires were not standing up…a little slanted.

This is so cute! I am wondering about the 2 x 4 though. Which way is it laying? is the 4″ side down on the table or does the 4″ side have the letters on it? It looks more like a 4 x 4 in the picture. Where do you store these things?

It’s a 2×4…I promise:) The 4 inch side is laying flat down and the words are on the 2 in side. I have a tub…one that is long that I picked up from Walmart that they all fit in! Thanks for your kind comments!!!

I love this idea. It is GREAT. I wish I would have seen it sooner as I just had a Wizard of Oz party for my daughter (christyhulsey.wordpress.com/2010/03/18/beatrices-third-birthday-party/). I could have done this and used yellow bricks in the holders!!! love your blog and ideas!

So I just wanted to let you know that I am a long time lurker…and I just LOVE your website! Oh my! I am here most every single day and I have so many of your ideas printed out…and finally took the dive and tried one out. I just wanted to send you the link to mine! Love it SO much! Not perfect, but I adore it! Thank you so very much for so many wonderful ideas! I can’t wait to make the chore chart the you most recently posted! Thank you again! chaoswithsprinkles.blogspot.com/2010/03/bithday-centerpiece-for-girl-or-boy.html

You can get it at any home improvement store. Just ask someone there where the metal wire is. It comes in many different thicknesses so you can feel them and see which one will work best. It needs to be thin enough so you can twist it with pliers and thick enough to stand up on its own.

I wrote yesterday about the wire, and I thought maybe I should share the fact that the link you provided with the tutorial doesn’t work. That’s why I asked. It keeps sending me to an error page. Thanks!!!

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